Can't compare a string to an *?

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1

I am having a weird problem here. I am reading in a csv and one of the values is an *. When I log the value to the console, I see an * logged, but if I try to something like

string[] s = line.Split(delims);
Debug.Log(s[2] + " " + s[2].Equals("*"));

The output I get is

* false

From the logs, s[2] is clearly *, but Equals isn’t working. I thought I might need to escape the * with a , but that won’t compile.

I even tried to check the encoding with

Debug.Log(System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(s[2])[0] + " " + System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("*")[0]);

And both print out 42!

2

A character and a string are not the same thing. In your code, this…

s[2]

Is a character. However, this:

"*"

is a string.

You probably want this:

s[2].Equals('*');

Which compares the value of element #2 to the character ‘*’.

3

does s[2] actually have leading or trailing white space? What happens if you call

Debug.Log(s[2].Trim() + " " + s[2].Trim().Equals("*"));

Edit: changed where the trim goes, so it actually makes sense.